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A sign announces that the beach is closed to recreational activities due to Hurricane Earl on Sept. 3, 2010, in Montauk, N.Y. Much of New England is preparing for Hurricane Earl, now a Category 1 storm with sustained winds of 85 mph. While current projections are that Earl will continue to weaken as it moves over cooler waters, it still described as a dangerous storm and the largest to make it into the New York City region since Hurricane Bob in 1991.
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People walk along a section of beach closed to swimmers due to rough surf from Hurricane Earl on Sept. 3, 2010, in Montauk, N.Y.
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A passer-by walks past a store-front window featuring a placard depicting Hurricane Earl, in Chatham, Mass., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Some shops in the town have boarded their windows in anticipation of the storm.
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Passers-by walk past a shop with boarded-up windows, in Chatham, Mass., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The windows were covered before the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which is expected to arrive off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., late Friday or after midnight Saturday.
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Ibn McKinney, 14, walks through a flooded street in Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Earl moves up the Eastern coast, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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As weather starts to move into the area, "Hurricane Earl 9-3-10" has been written on the beach at Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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Joseph Mustafa of Fenwick Island, Del., left, and Eric Walters of Slatington, Pa., right, ride wave runners in the ocean as Hurricane Earl moved up the eastern coast, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Ocean City, Md.
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A man walks along the beach in the early morning as Hurricane Earl churns up the eastern coast on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Virginia Beach, Va.
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Kellie Maier laughs after getting splashed by a passing car while kayaking on water covered Hwy 12, on Sept. 3, 2010, in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 before brushing the Outer Banks early Friday morning, causing minimal damage.
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A stop sign lies under water on Highway 12 on Sept. 3, 2010, in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 before brushing the Outer Banks early Friday morning, causing minimal damage.
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A metal roof is seen on the ground after winds from Hurricane Earl passed through overnight in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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Kim Harper drags a workbench back to her home across flooded Highway 12 in Frisco, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, after flood waters from Hurricane Earl carried it away overnight.
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Utilities workers try to support power lines that were blown sideways from winds produced by Hurricane Earl in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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A woman walks on the beach near a pier slightly damaged after Hurricane Earl brushed the North Carolina coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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A television news reporter struggles in the surf as Hurricane Earl brings wind and rain in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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Debris covers the road along the beach in south Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, after wind and rain from Hurricane Earl passed through overnight.
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Waves surround an ocean-front hotel deck as a man looks on while Hurricane Earl passes offshore in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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An emergency vehicle drives down a beach road as rain falls, on Sept. 3, 2010, in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 before brushing the Outer Banks early Friday morning, causing minimal damage.
